"A novel full of facts" - English Translation Archive for the first book of Landig's "Thule" trilogy, Goetzen gegen Thule

Friday, December 21, 2012

sample from Chapter 7: Solstice

SECOND BOOK

SOLSTICE

The
Blessed Lord said:

I
instructed this imperishable science of yoga

to the
sun-god, Vivasvan, and Vivasvan

to
Manu, and Manu in turn to Iksvaku.

This
supreme science was thus received through the chain

of
disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way.

But in
course of time the succession was broken,

and
therefore the science as it is appears to be lost.

(Bhagavadgita, IV: 1, 2)

Germany had capitulated! – The
war is at its end. While the entire world held its breath on the eighth of May
of the year 1945, the men of Point 103 stood before the radio device and heard,
everything happening far away from them, the last broadcasts.

“…since
midnight all weapons on the front have been silent. On the orders of the Grand
Admiral the Wehrmacht has ceased the already hopeless battle. With this, the
nearly six-year heroic struggle is over. It has brought us great victories, but
also heavy defeats.

“In
the end the German Wehrmacht has honorably succumbed to a huge superiority. The
German soldier has stayed true to his oath made in the highest dedication to
his people and will never be forgotten. The homeland has supported him to the
end with all of her forces and under the heaviest of sacrifices. The unique
performance of battlefront and homefront will find their final assessment later
in the righteous judgement of history. The achievement and sacrifices of the
German soldiers on land, at sea and in the air the opponent will not fail to
respect as well. Each soldier can thus place the weapon upright and proudly put
it down in the darkest hours of our history, brave and confident to go to work
for the eternal life of our people.

In
this hour the Wehrmacht thanks those who have stayed behind because of the
enemy. The dead commit to unconditional loyalty, obedience and discipline to
the fatherland, bleeding from countless wounds!”

That
was the final conclusion of the last German Wehrmacht report.

The
expressions of the men were occluded as most. The collapse of the Reich touched
the very roots of their homeland and oppressed them. Their small, secret Reich
and an abiding faith which inspired their Gemeinschaft
were the only things reserved to them in the chaotic world.

For
Reimer and Gutmann the day of capitulation was doubly painful as the short-wave
communication arrived in which Major Küpper announced the disappearance of
Juncker and Recke.

On
the third day after the historic date, whispers went through the ranks of men
that a woman had arrived the previous night as a messenger and had left after a
few hours. The Adjutant appeared quieter than usual and no further explanations
were given to anyone...